ARTIST | KOOKV

19. key

Taehyung view

His whole company is falling apart because of me, jeongguk is in a risky situation because of me, nothing used to be because of me, i was just a small artist on a street minding his own buissness and suddenly jeongguks raging, because of me.
I can't come back here, i cant, i must go back to where i belong, jeongguk cant know about this. I'll miss him. So much.

A few tears began to appear in the males eyes as he hastily packed away all his belongings in his office. He pulled on his sleeve covering his hand as he balled it into a fist, harshly wiping away his tears. He couldnt be weak at a time like this. He had to be strong. Strong for himself and jeongguk right?

As a few loud sniffles escaped taehyungs mouth he proceeded to pack the boxes trying to stuff as many things as possible into the two he could only hold. He looked around to see if he had missed anything but then nodded to himself as he hadnt ; he walked towards the door, slowly opening it but suddenly got pushed back, his things falling, as he was greeted with another male.

Jeongguk.

"taehyung?"  jeongguk muttered confused (almost angrily as he still hadnt calmed down from earlier)as he looked at the now empty boxes, taehyungs art supplies laying across the floor jeongguk painted.

Realisation dawned upon jeongguk. He realised taehyung must have heard the conversation leading him to leave the company, but he couldnt let that happen.

"where the fuck do you think you're going?" jeongguk growled as he let go of the door handle now taking slow steps towards taehyung who was standing still, his head tilted down as he fiddled with his fingers.

Having no reply, jeongguk walked even closer to taehyung, his face had shown no emotion, a blank canvas. Taehyung glanced at jeongguk, immedietly looking down once he saw the slight scowl the male wore, he managed to see a bit of hurt across jeongguks face. Taehyung was hurt too.

"answer me" jeongguk ordered sternly, hands shoved in his pockets as he stopped himself from grabbing taehyung and holding him close.

Taehyung looked up. Tears immedietly settling in his eyes as he stared at jeongguk for a good minute. "i-i'm leaving g-gukk" taehyung whispered painfully as he remembered the promise he made to jeongguk about always staying here.

"no" jeongguk said, almost eagerly. "you're not" he shook his head as if in denial, he couldnt bare taehyung leaving him. He loved him.

"i-im sorry j-jeongguk" taehyung stuttered as he picked up his things off the floor, once again placing them inside the boxes. Jeongguk just stared at the male, standing there, not believing what he was seeing.

"taehyung, you leave right now, you'll have no idea what you're in for, just fucking-" jeongguk sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "fucking stay will you" he ended, a deep breath escaping his lips as he looked at taehyung helplessly.

"i cant jeongguk! You're in danger because of me! I-i cant live with the fact that k-knowing you and your company is i-in risk because of me" taehyung managed to say though the tears now flowing down his face, a few appearing in jeongguks eyes but not escaping.

Jeongguk looked at taehyung with no expression, his voice came out cold/monotonous as he said the words: "fine. But dont come running back once you realise what a huge mistake you've done. Kim"  jeongguk spat out the word 'kim' harshly, causing taehyung to let out a chocked sob from the rudeness of the other. He wiped his tears away, grabbing the boxes as he made an exit, brushing past jeongguk, who stood there silently not doing anything to stop the boy he loved from leaving.

He scoffed once he was alone. He ran a hand through his hair as he looked around taehyungs empty office. He grabbed the key off the desk, walking towards the door and locking it, keeping the key safe in his pocket. He sighed as he trudged up the stairs to his office defeatedly, slumping done onto his chair with a deep sigh.

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THE NEXT DAY

As for taehyung, the male was back to being on the streets however he wasnt as happy as before, yes he got to see hoseok more but it wasnt the same, he was now missing a certain someone. The feeling of not having jeongguk there affected taehyung more than anything, he cried himself to sleep for hours. It was possible - he started to love the other.

The male was slouched in his stool, his arm moved around lazily on the canvas, clearly showing he was upset and tired. He wondered how jeongguk was getting on.

Taehyung sighed now finished with his painting as he hung it up for people to see. It was refreshing but weird being back on for streets and the male had to admit, he missed the nice office. He smiled to himself as he remembered the night he and jeongguk had decorated it but then sighed as sadness overcame him.

"i hope you're doing good gukkie. I miss you" taehyung muttered to himself as he grabbed another canvas, proceeding to paint away his troubles.

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A MONTH AND A HALF LATER

Jeongguk view

Jeongguk had launched his game in this month and a half, he made alot of money as the said game became popular over the world, loads of kids and adults playing and enjoying it. His company was doing amazing, especially after he fired Ximen and got another CFO. Jeongguk himself wasnt doing so great.

He sat down on his office chair as he ran a hand through his raven hair. He missed taehyung more than ever and yearned to see the male. However he had nothing that could stop him so why couldnt he go see him?  He knew where he was he just had to do his part.

Shall i go?  Will he want to see me?  What if he's not there?  Fuck jeongguk just go and if he's not there you come back, simple

Jeongguk smiled to himself as he came to a conclusion. After a month and a half of doing hard work the male was taking a short break and what better to do than go see the man he desires right?

So with a sigh the male rose from his chair as he flung on his coat, making his way to taehyung Hoping he was where he thought he was.

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Twenty minutes later jeongguk arrived at the familiar street, his eyes were glued onto a painting taehyung and it didnt fail to Make his heart flutter like crazy - whenever he saw the male paint it always shocked him by how beautiful he looked.

As he was admiring from afar, jeongguk took small steps towards taehyung, his eyes not leaving the male once. As he stood infront of the  male, he stopped, standing there silently waiting for taehyung to acknowledge him.

Taehyung looked up, his eyes widening as he realised who stood in front of him. In the one month he came to realise that indeed he did love the older and he wasnt scared, he was ready, for anything that was to come. "j-jeongguk" taehyung whispered as he stood up instantly from his stool, his hands clutching onto his brush.

"come back tae, please" jeongguk ordered softly as he looked at taehyung with all the love in his eyes.

"i-i cant. You know that" taehyung whispered, his head casted down as he found a sudden interest in the pebbled ground.

"why?  Why cant you come back tae?" jeongguk yelled, but not too loud, causing immediet tears to form in taehyungs eyes. "why cant you come with me?" he asked quietly, the words holding a deep meaning.

"i cant!"  taehyung yelled for the first time ever, tears now falling down. "why do y-you even want me to come back jeongguk?  All i d-do is cause trouble for you and your office, didnt you see, how you were so close to getting voted out of your CEO position jeongguk?  How i was the cause of that?  So why?  Why shall i come ba-" taehyung rambled on in a raised voice but got cut off as jeongguk yelled the next words, shocking him and taehyung...

"BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE YOU DAMNIT!"

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